Michael “Mick” Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of the “Spiders from Mars”. Ronson was a busy session musician who recorded with artists as diverse as Elton John and Morrissey, as well as appearing as a sideman in touring bands with performers such as Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. Ronson co-produced Lou Reed’s album “Transformer” with Bowie, playing lead guitar and piano on the song “Perfect Day” and composing the arrangements of strings of “Perfect Day” and “Satellite of Love”. He also recorded several solo albums, the most notable example of which was the first, Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1974), which reached No. 9 on the UK Album Chart and that contains this cover of the song of Italian singer Lucio Battisti “Io vorrei.. non vorrei.. ma, se vuoi” translated into English by David Bowie